Souter Point, Trim
Souter Point, Trim
HER Number
14682
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Trim
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ56SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Ketch
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Vessel foundered and lost 3.5 miles ESE of Souter Point offshore in wind conditions W force 9.
Built: 1881 Lost 1907
Master: E E Peck
Crew: 4
Owner: W Christie, Harwich
Built: 1881 Lost 1907
Master: E E Peck
Crew: 4
Owner: W Christie, Harwich
Easting
453000
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ453000562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1313585); Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]